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Green and gullible: how tree investment schemes arent always what they seem

2014-07-01 10:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: If its too good to be true, it probably is. Many people seem to forget this maxim when investing. In recent years, there has been a spate of unregulated green investment schemes. These guarantee returns of 13% per annum or more, and claim to save the planet, but how true is this? Most tree investment schemes involve investing in newly-planted trees in the tropics. In return for handing over a large sum of money, you get the right to sell the thinnings and mature timber, with maintenance costs...

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npower fined 125,000 by Ofgem for reporting error on RO schemes

2014-05-20 01:00:00| Power Technology

The UK energy regulator Ofgem has imposed 125,000 (153,000) fine on energy supplier npower for providing incorrect data on the governments feed-in tariff (FIT) and Renewables Obligation (RO) schemes.

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Djibouti and Ethiopia Pursuing Geothermal Power Schemes

2014-05-19 18:03:23| ENR.com: Headline News

Key players in the African alternative energy plan hail from Iceland.

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PAKISTAN: Government releases funds for textile support schemes

2014-04-07 13:38:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Pakistan's Ministry of Textile Industry has released funds to make payments this fiscal year under the export finance mark-up rate facility and mark-up rate support for the textile sector against long-term loans.

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